Off-Campus Access

Many of the Libraries' resources are available online, 24/7! However, most of the databases, electronic journals and e-books are UW-restricted: only current faculty, students, and staff can access them from off-campus.

You must log in with your eligible UW NetID supplemental and shared NetIDs are not eligible; see Borrowing & Access for specifics on eligibility

Connect through the Libraries off-campus proxy service or UW IT's Husky OnNet

Libraries Off-Campus Proxy Service

Libraries Website

If you are starting from the Libraries website, simply click on the resource you want and you should be prompted for your UW NetID when it is needed.

Proxy Bookmarklet

If you often do your research away from campus, you can install the Libraries off-campus proxy bookmarklet on your browser. The bookmarklet is a snippet of code saved in your browser's bookmarks that lets you start at a resource rather than the Libraries website and still route the resource through our proxy service with your eligible NetID so you can access it.

Notes about Use

If you log in successfully, you will be redirected to your resource and will see offcampus.lib.washington.edu within the address bar.

Use your browser's forward and back buttons whenever possible to move around.

If you no longer see offcampus.lib.washington.edu within the address bar, go back to the Libraries website to reconnect to the resource, use the off-campus proxy bookmarklet to reconnect, or enter your URL below:URL to proxy:

Limits On Content Downloading:

The Libraries off-campus proxy service restricts content downloading to 100Mb of content during any 15 minute interval. Be careful when using reference management software such as Zotero, so as to not download too much content at one time. These restrictions are in place to discourage illegal downloading of content. If your session does exceed 100Mb of content downloads over a 15 minute interval, it will be temporarily suspended for a period of 2 hours.

Husky OnNet

Husky OnNet is offered by UW IT to provide a secure temporary connection to the UW network from off-campus locations and can be used instead of the Libraries off-campus proxy service for connecting to UW-restricted resources.